Soap cutter and separator.



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SOAP CUTTER AND SEPARATDR.

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No.' 660,8I4. Patented Oct. 30, |900.

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SOAP GUTTER AND SEPARATOB.

(Application flied May 3, 1900.)

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UNITED STATES IOHN J. GAYNOR, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-TI-IIRDS TO FRANK MAUS FAUVRF. AND DENNIS A. MURPHY, OF SAME PLACE.

SOAP CUTTER AND SEPARATOR.

sPEcIrIcATIoN forming part of Letters Pai-.ent No. 660,814, dated october eo, 1900.

Application iiled May 3, 1900. Serial No. 15.310. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN J. GAYNOR, of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Soap Cutter and Separator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to cut and spread bars of soap.

The chief feature of the invention is to separate the bars of soap after they have been cnt by a novel means, which, among other things, drops the bars of soap from one table to another, thus wholly separating them. Since the slab of soap being cut is somewhat moist and soft, the bars after they are cut are inclined to stick together very tightly, which renders it difiicult to spread or separate them.

The full nature of this invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the description following of one form of device embodying said invention, and the scope of the invention will be understood from the claims following said description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the machine. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of it. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the right-hand side as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail otthe means for separating the cakes of soap after being cnt, the central part being broken away. Fig. 5 is a continuation of what is shown in Fig. 4, being a side elevation of the central rear portion of the device, parts being broken away.

Referring now to the details of the specific device shown merely for the purpose of illustrating the general nature of the invention, lis a post, and there is another post (not shown) that is 4located behind the post 1 as the latter appears in Fig. 2. 2, 3, and 4: are other posts, being located in a row. In addition to these there are other posts 5 and 6 and other similar posts connected by the horizontal bars 7, 8, 9, 10, 1l, and 42 and other similar horizontal bars to form a frame to carry the tables. Upon this frame there are the tables 12, 13, 14:, and 15.

The table 12 is the receiving-table, whereon the slab of soap is originally placed. It is slidably mounted on the stationary table 16 by means hereinafter explained, It slides through the stationary header 17 and at its inner end has secured to it a cutter 18, formed as an open rectangular frame provided with the vertical wires 19. Since the cutter is secured to the table 12,when said table is moved to the left, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the slab of soap will be held stationary by the stationary header 17, and the movement of the cutter 18 to the left, along with the table 12, will eut the slab of soap into long bars lengthwise of the table 12. The header 17 is provided with slots 20 to receive the cuttingwires 19, so that the wires will pass entirely through the slab of soap. While the sliding table 12 is being moved to the left and the slab of soap is being cut into long bars, the long bars issue to the right from the cutter 18 and drop on the table 16 below. The essential feature of this construction is not the table 12, but the traveling cutter 18. After these long bars are cut by the movement to the left of the cutter the reverse movement of the cutter and table 12 pushes these long bars of soap upon the table 15, while the scrap pieces or trimmings on each side will drop down, because they extend laterally beyond the tables 12 and 16. The movement of the soap after it is placed on the table 15 is ata right angle to its movement on the tables 12 and 16. It is then pushed by the header 25 through lthe cutter 26 upon the table 14. This cuts the long bars into short bars.

The header 25 is made like the header 20, only the former is movable and the latter stationary, and the cutter 26 is made like the cut.- ter 18, only the former is stationary and the latter is movable.

The table 14 is movable orslidable upon the tray-table 13, just as the table 12 is movable and slidable on the table 1G. The movement of the tables 12 and 14 are simultaneous, and, as herein shown, they are connected by the cross-bar 27. (Shown in dotted lines in Fig. l.) It is dovetailed into the under side of the table 12 and into the top of table lll. Said tables 12 and 14 are driven by the movement of the IOO cross-bar 27, as will be hereinafter explained. The table 13 extends for the full length of the machine-that is, entirely under the table 14.

Assuming now that the bars of soap have been cut and are lying'on the movable table 14 and said table is being moved to the left, as shown in Fig. 1, the bars of soap will soon engage the header 30, that is mounted on the two bars 31, which are pivoted to the bars 32, as herein shown, at a point one-sixth of the distance from one end, although if it is desired to spread the soap more it is pivoted farther from the pivotal point of the bars 32.

Said bars 32 are pivoted to the framework, and, as here shown, to the side bars for the tray-table 13, that are similar to the side bars 7 on the table 16. The side bars of the tray-table 13 being under the edge of said tray-table do notappearinthedrawings. Connecting-rods 33 are pivoted at one end to the `free ends of the bars 32 and at their other ends are pivoted to the sides or edges of the movable table 14. Therefore the movement of the table 14 transmits motion through the connectingrods 33 and bars 32 to the bars 31, whereby the header is withdrawn to the left, but with a slower speed than the table 14. As

lthe machine is here shown, the movement of the header 30 to the leftwill be 'one-twelfth as fast as the movement of the table 14 to the I left.

'The result of the movement described in y the above paragraph is that the bars 'of soap are pushed 'off the right-hand end of the table 14'as it moves to the left and upon the st'ationary tray-table 13 under the table 14. AS the bars fall 0E the right-hand endof the tafrom each other.

rese'nts the bars of soap. tually separate the bars of soap, however,

when they are adhesive, as is usually the case, a roller 36 is provided that lrides upon the bars of soap "and is so lmounted 'as to be` held beyond the endot' the movable table `14l and is drawn down 'by a spring 37', so that the i downward pressure of the roller on 'the `-ba'rs f of soap will be 'sure toseparate fthe bars i'ml mediately under 'the roller from the bars of soap that fol-low.

quite at its end, and extend at an angle therefrom, as shown -in Fig.'4. Said'ibracketshave parallel'slots 39 in them, i'n which 4the spindle 40 of the roller can m o'vc Aor reciprocate vertically. Said slots 39 are made 'long enough 'to'4 give ample scope for the movement o`f the' roller, and, asstated before,t'he`rollerisdrawn down by the spiralfspring 37, which at oneend is looped aboutthe'spindle 40 and a'tthefother end is secured to the lower part of the bracket This roller is `held beyond the end of the table 14 by the brackets x38,; that are secured on each side of the table -14,

38. On each side of the machine the con'- struction is the saine as shown in Fig. 4. The spring -37 is contractile, and therefore tends to draw the roller down on the soap. If the roller is heavy enough, no spring is needed, as gravity would be sufficient. The table 14 terminates behind the bracket 38, as shown in Fig. 4, or between the pair of said brackets 38. This roller, as stated, forcibly separates thesticky bars of soap and causes them to be deposited one at a time on the stationary tray-table 13, as shown in Fig. 4. The spreading or separation of the bars of soap, so that they will not touch each other on the tray-table 13, however, is effected by the differential lmovement of the header 30 and the table 14, as appears in Fig. 4. YSince the bars of soap 35 are moved to the right more slowly than the table 14 nieves to the left, the bars when dropped on the tray-table 13 must of necessity be separated, as there shown. The table 13, while it is stationary, is preferably made in sections, so that the portion on which the bars 'of soap are deposited finally and separated may be removed like a tray and another tray replaced, so that the bars of soap vcan dry before being handled.

The meansfor moving the header 25, cutter 18,'and other parts of the machine herein shown are as follows; A shatt 45 is mounted in 'suitable bearings secured to 'the posts 2 and3. `Said shaft is actuated bya crank 46, and through the pinion 47, mounted 'on said shaft, the gear 48 is driven, that is mounted ron the crajnk-shaft 49. vOn one end of said `crank-shaft 49 Athere is a crank 50, that actulates a bar 5,1, having a notch 52 in it, that by gravity engages a pin 53 on the bar 54, ythat is pivoted at its lower end tothe cross-bar 11 of `the frame, and its upper end is connected by the bar 55 to ears 56 on the under side'of the sliding block 57, to which the header 25 is secured. Iii this manner said header is driven. 'On 'the other end of `the shaft 49 there is ianother crank 60, tha-tis pivoted to and a'ct'uate's the bar 61, which has 'a notch 62.,

that by gravity "engages a 'pin 63 i'n the bar 64, whichfat its lower 'end is pivoted 7to the lframe-bar 11 and at its upper end is pivoted to the rod 65. VThis rod is shown in "dotted lines iin Fig.A 1 to be at its lother end pivoted to a crank-shaft 66, which is pivoted to the v underside of the'cros's-bar 42, as appears iu Fig. 3. The long arm of said crank-shaft 66 is pivoted to the'connect'ing-rod 67. (Shown in tFig. [3 and "in ldotted lines in Fig. 1.) This -co'nneeting-rod is pivoted centrally tothe u'nder-side ro'f thecross-bar 27, as appears in Fig. 1. The means justde`scribed drives the movable tables 12 and 14, as Vwellas the header 30.

The relative 'order'of movement of the various pa'rts isv predetermined by the relative vposition offt'hecranks 50 yand60 o'n the shaft 49. lIn ythe drawings herein they extend in opposite directions, and `one operates when the "other ydoes not, whereby `the two operating means heretofore described alternate,

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scesi-i and, secondly, the movement of the header 25 alternates with the movement of the cutter 18 and the table ll. When one is moving, the other is stationary. These parts are rendered stationary by the bars 51 and 6l being thrown out of engagement with the pins 53 and 63, respectively. This disengagementis caused by the arms '70 and 71, that are secured, respectively, to the bars 54 and 6st and whose upper ends engage the bars 51 and 6l, respectively', and lift them out of engagement with the corresponding pins.

When the machine is started after a new slab of soap has been placed on the table l2, the means operated by the crank 6l is in operation and continues so until the long bars from this slab of soap are placed on the table 15. This means of operation then ceases, while the other operates to push the long bars from `the table 15 to the table 14E. Then the header 25Istops operation, while the-other means again operates, and since the tables 12 and 14 move simultaneously while a slab of soap is being rst cut into long bars the bars from the previous slab of soap are being separated and placed on the tray-table 13.

iVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A soap-spreader including a table on which the bars of soap are deposited after being cut, a header for pushing the bars of soap on such table, a tray under the table to receive the bars of soap as they are pushed off the table, and means for moving said t-able and header in the same direction at a diterential speed.

2. A soap-spreader including a movable table for receiving' the bars of soap after they have been cut, a tray under said table, a header resting upon said movable table, and a common means for moving said header and table in the same direction so arranged that the movement of the table will be ata greater speed than the movement of the header.

3. A soap-spreader including a table on which thev bars of soap are deposited after being cut, a header for pushing the bars of soap ofi" such table, a tray under the' table to receive the hars of soap as they are pushed off the table, means for moving two of such parts of the machine in the same direction at a differential speed, and a roller mounted on the end of the table so as to extend over and beyond its end and adapted to rest on the bars of soap as they are moved off said table.

4. A soap-spreader including a table on which the bars of soap are deposited after being cut, a header for pushing the bars of soap oft' such table, a tray under the table to receive the hars of soap as they are pushed otf the table, means for moving two of such parts of the machine in the same direction at a differential speed, a roller mounted on the end of the table so as to extend over and beyond its end andadapted to rest on the bars of soap as they are moved oft' said table, and springs for drawing said roller downward.

5. A soapscutting machine including a stal tionary table, a support for the slab of soap movable on said table, a stationary header that engages one end of the slab of soap and holds it from movement in one direction, a cutter on the other end of the soap-support, means -for reciprocating the cutter and soap# support, whereby when they are moved in one direction the soap will be cut into bars and will drop down on the table below and when they are moved in the other direction they will push said bars of soap 01T said table.

6. Asoap-cutterincludingtwo tables,asup port for tne slab of soap that is movable on one table, a stationary header for engaging one end of the slab of soap and holding it from movement in one direction, a cutter mounted on the other end oi' said soap-support, a cutter on the second table mounted at a right angle to the cutter on the first table, a header mounted on the second table parallel to the cutter on said table, and means for moving the soap support and cutter on the first table and the header on the second table alternately, whereby the soap support and cutter when moved in one direction will cut the soap into bars that will drop down on the table below and on their return movement will push the bars of soap upon the second table between the cut-ter and header thereof and the further operation of the machine will cause the header on the second table to push the bars of soap through the cutter on said second table.

7. A soap cutter and spreader including a table, a support for the slab 0f soap movable on said table, a stationary header for holding the slab of soap from movement in one direction, a cutter secured to the soap-support, a second table adjacent to the first, a stationary cutter thereon at a right angle to the cutter on the first table, a header on said second table, a tray adjacent to said ysecond table, a table movable on said tray and adapted to receive the bars of soap as they come from said second table, a header on said movable table, and a common means for actuating the movable soap-support on the first table and the movable table on the tray, and a header on .the movable table simultaneously in the same direction so that the header will move at a slower speed than the movable table and will IOS IIO

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aetuate the header on the second table alternately with the other movable parts of the 

